Astrid is a rider of the Spanish team of snowboard adapted from the year 2013. She got herself into this world by chance, because after having suffered a traffic accident, on 9 May 2009, which caused her several injuries. The most serious, a catastrophic right foot. After two years and a half going in and out of hospital infections and operations, she decided to have it amputated. Then she changed her life completely.
After adapting herself perfectly to her new “leg”, Kiko Caballero invites her to try snowboarding. If it wasn’t enough, he encourages her to appear to the tests of access of the national team. Then she was admitted and began to train. After a month was already competing! Now she competes in different parts of Europe, the USA and Canada in the European and World Championships of “snowboard cross” and “banked slalom”.
Astrid Fina with her willpower, effort and optimism , has been improving technically with the help of his coach and friend Albert Mallol. They’re gradually getting very good results. Astrid is one of the best European riders and the world, she achieved a 6th (Paralympic diploma) in the Paralympic Games in Sochi in 2014 with scarely experience with the snowboard and a 2nd position in the test of “snowboard cross” of the European Championship at the ski resort of Les Angles (France) in March 2016.
Astrid Fina, who competed in snowboarding, was the Spanish standard-bearer during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang (South Korea), which took place between March 9 and 18, 2018. Spain attended this event Olympic with four athletes, Jon Santacana, Miguel Galindo, Astrid Fina and Víctor González.
In this event, Astrid became the first Spanish medalist in snowboarding in the Paralympic Games, having obtained a bronze in the cross-country event and a Paralympic diploma with her sixth place in slalom.
Astrid announces her retirement after “rating the enormous difficulties” that for her was supposed “to maintain the demanding competitive level of the international competitions, with a high physical and emotional cost”.
From now on, we hope that this snowboarder who set a turning point in this sport, finds her happiness and continues to enjoy snowboarding, but without pressure.